That dream fizzled. But later on, he wore another crown: Tallest Man in America. “They told me I was blessed,” Bell said in 1994, interviewed by The News & Observer. “Basically, they told me ...

By Victor Mather George Bell, who at 7 feet 8 inches was called the tallest man in the United States, died on March 19 in Durham, N.C. He was 67. His death was announced by the Norfolk Sheriff’s ...

Overlooking expansive aerial views of Manhattan and New Jersey, the special yoga session was held early morning on a rainy ...

Sitting atop the Yankee Hill neighborhood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is Ascent, a 284-foot luxury apartment building made mostly of wood. The first of its kind, Ascent is also the tallest timber ...

Yoga practitioners gathered on the 102nd floor of One World Trade Center in New York for a special session, marking the ...

America’s tallest man — a 7-foot, 8-inch former Virginia law officer, actor and Harlem Globetrotter known as a “gentle giant” — has died at his family home North Carolina, officials said.

and Guinness World Records confirmed him that year as the tallest man in America. File photo of George Bell answering questions from the local media in the Public Safety Building in Norfolk in 2007.

Watch: George Bell, America's tallest man and former Norfolk deputy ... "But that was kind of what really started building our friendship up," Hund said. In adulthood, Bell didn't have an easy ...